Thereby hangs a tale : stories of curious word origins /
Tells the stories of words in our common speech that originated or acquired their meanings in unusual ways.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper and Row,
[1985]
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| Edition: | 1st Harper colophon ed. |
| Series: | Harper colophon books.
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| Summary: | Tells the stories of words in our common speech that originated or acquired their meanings in unusual ways. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 303 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 006091260X 9780060912604 1406773190 9781406773194 |